Interesting clip

http://www.funnyjunk.com/movies/37/Crazy+Motorcycle+Ride/stream

 

that speedo looks way out
253 in 3rd?
also he is going around some corners at over 200 kmh and the cars
coming from the other side look like they are crawling past.
They should have been flashing by.
I reckon its a crock.

 

ooo ZX10R

 

Ummm... How many bikes have the speedo sensor on the back wheel?

Note as he's popping a mono the speedo's still perfectly functional, not
even frozen on the same reading.

- Bob.

 

speedo connected to the gearbox maybe?

 

Speedo is actually picked up off the front sprocket.
Smaller sprocket = higher speed at the speedo

 

Mine; BMW K1200RS.

David

 

Welcome to the world of the ZX10R

 

Just about all of them have sensors on the front sprocket now. So ... umm
.... how's about 80% (atleast) of new bikes.

 

Your eyeballs are way out.

He changed up from third into fourth at about 207. At 253 he was in fifth.

And the cars were "flashing by". Keep in mind the fore-shortening effect the camera will have.

 

Mine
('79 R100RS)

...well, it runs off the gearbox output.

Moike

 

Don't break up the sentence the joining word is "and" hence it is part
of a greater statement not a statement on its own.

So when you are doing over 200 kmh on the busa how do you perceive
oncoming cars?
Do they seem to be crawling past you or flashing past you?

 

Erk I better get that checked.

I better have another look at that cos I swear I saw 3 on the dial at 253

I don't know, They didn't look like they were flashing by.
Not for the speeds the rider was doing at least.

 

Shit Jack.
Won't find me doin that on the Spada!

Series1 R6 has a gearbox driven (hall effect sensor?) digi speedo so
it'll still work fine mid-wheelie. I hear speedo cables are bad for
aerodynamics ;->

Seriously though no bike with a digital speedo is going to have a
sensor pick up off the front wheel. Makes no sense. No room to neatly
mount one and nothing decent to fire it at.

Chris

 

Disc bolt heads, a purpose-cast notch in the front wheel hub?

Aprilia RS250's have Hall sensors which count rear disc nuts; unaffected
by gearing changes.

 

reckon it's a crock too; look at the speed the armco uprights pass at

 

OI! You talkin' to me?

Moike

 

That's the way to do it

 

Nope
I still stand by my 253 in 3rd
I still reckon that he was not going as fast as the speedo made it out
to be.

 

about 2/3rd through the video
i'm sure the gear indicator showed 3 at 253 kmh

Ah well
agree to disagree